Afrotropical Gracillariidae

by Jurate De Prins - Royal Museum for Central Africa

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Phyllonorycter hexalobina (Vári, 1961)
 
Original description:
"Lithocolletis hexalobina spec. nov." --- Vári, 1961. Transvaal Museum Memoir 12 (South African Lepidoptera I. Lithocolletidae), p. 211-212, pl. 22, fig. 6; pl. 65, fig. 3; pl. 104, fig. 4.
Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal, Kruger National Park, Punda Maria.
Type specimens:
Holotype male, Allotype female, Paratypes 3 males 1 female, TMSA.
Foodplants:
Hexalobus glabrescens Hutch. & Dalz., H. monopetalus [Annonaceae] (Vári 1961, BMNH database).
Distribution:
Afrotropical: South Africa.
 
Picture:Phyllonorycter hexalobina adult